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Bimal Krishna Matilal
Birth Date:1 June 1935
Birth Place:Jaynagar Majilpur, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Death Date:8 June 1991 (aged 56)
Death Place:Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Nationality:British
Education:Sanskrit, Mathematics and Logic
Alma Mater:Maulana Azad College
Harvard University
Notable Works:Founding editor of the Journal of Indian Philosophy
Awards:Padma Bhushan (1990)
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Bimal Krishna Matilal (1 June 1935 – 8 June 1991) was an eminent philosopher[1] whose writings presented the Indian philosophical tradition as a comprehensive system of logic incorporating most issues addressed by themes in Western philosophy. Born in Calcutta, he lived and worked in Calcutta, Harvard, Toronto and Oxford. From 1977 to 1991, he served as the Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at the University of Oxford.

Education

Literate in Sanskrit from an early age, Matilal was also drawn towards Mathematics and Logic. He was trained in the traditional Indian philosophical system by leading scholars of the Sanskrit College, where he himself was a teacher from 1957 to 1962. He was taught by scholars like pandit Taranath Tarkatirtha and Kalipada Tarkacharya. He also interacted with pandit Ananta Kumar Nyayatarkatirtha, Madhusudan Nyayacharya and Visvabandhu Tarkatirtha. He was awarded the upadhi (degree) of Tarkatirtha (master of Logic) in 1962.

While teaching at the Sanskrit College (an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta) between 1957 and 1962, Matilal came in contact with Daniel Ingalls, an Indologist at Harvard University, who encouraged him to join the PhD program there. Matilal secured a Fulbright fellowship and completed his PhD under Ingalls on the Navya-Nyāya doctrine of negation, between 1962 and 1965. During this period, he also studied with Willard Van Orman Quine. Subsequently, he was professor of Sanskrit at the University of Toronto, and in 1977 he was elected Spalding Professor at Oxford, succeeding Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Robert Charles Zaehner.

Death

Matilal died of cancer on 8 June 1991.

Awards

Works by Matilal

In his work, he presented Indian logic, particularly Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika, Mīmāṃsā and Buddhist philosophy, as being relevant in modern philosophical discourse. Matilal presented Indian Philosophical thought more as a synthesis rather than a mere exposition. This helped create a vibrant revival of interest in Indian philosophical tradition as a relevant source of ideas rather than a dead discipline.

He was also the founding editor of the Journal of Indian Philosophy.

Books

See also the entries in Worldcat.

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bimal Krishna Matilal on the epics. Mukim. Mantra. 1 March 2019. The Caravan. en. 2019-12-07.
  2. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .
  3. Berg. Jan. Epistemology, Logic, and Grammar in Indian Philosophical Analysis by Bimal Krishna Matilal. The Journal of Symbolic Logic. December 1975. 40. 4. 578–579. 2271783. 10.2307/2271783 . 117338922 .
  4. Rocher. Rosane. Epistemology, Logic, and Grammar in Indian Philosophical Analysis by Bimal K. Matilal. Journal of the American Oriental Society. April–June 1975. 95. 2. 331–332. 600381. 10.2307/600381.
  5. Sen. Pranab Kumar. Logic, Language and Reality by Bimal Krishna Matilal. Mind. January 1989. 98. New Series. 389. 150–154. 2255069. 10.1093/mind/XCVIII.389.150.
  6. Trotignon. Pierre. Perception: An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of Knowledge by Bimal Krishna Matilal. Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger. April–June 1988. 178. Apologétique, temporalité, monde sensible. 2. 216–217. 41095766.
  7. Jha. V. N.. The Word and the World (India's Contribution to the Study of Language) by Bimal Krishna Matilal. Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 1995. 76. 1/4. 172–173. 41694389.
  8. Gerow. Edwin. 170622156. The Character of Logic in India by Bimal Krishna Matilal; Jonardon Ganeri; Heeraman Tiwari. The Journal of Asian Studies. Feb 2000. 59. 1. 203–205. 2658637. 10.2307/2658637.
  9. Werner. Karel. The Character of Logic in India by Bimal Krishna Matilal; Jonardon Ganeri; Heeraman Tiwari. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 1999. 62. 1. 155. 3107426. 10.1017/s0041977x00017924. 162731116 .
  10. Barnhart. Michael G.. The Character of Logic in India by Bimal Krishna Matilal; Jonardon Ganeri; Heeraman Tiwari. Philosophy East and West. October 2001. 51. Nondualism, Liberation, and Language: The Infinity Foundation Lectures at Hawai'i, 1997-2000. 4. 556–559. 1400170. 10.1353/pew.2001.0051 . 144679476.
  11. Taber. John A.. The Character of Logic in India by Bimal Krishna Matilal; Jonardon Ganeri; Heeraman Tiwari. Journal of the American Oriental Society. October–December 2001. 121. 4. 681–683. 606527. 10.2307/606527.

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